A friend of mine owned a Porsche 550A Spyder back in the mid 1970's - it had a flat fan 1750cc motor that made around 170 HP in an 1100 pound car. With the "airport" gear set in the transmission this car was incredibly quick.

He set fast time of day at this autocross even with a 360 degree spin in the middle of the course. I could have bought the car in 1978 for $6500 - its worth around $650,000 now...dammik

I'm restoring my 1956 Custom Carrera right now - trying to get it done in time for the Amelia Island Concours next March:

This year's featured marque at the Monterey Historic Races is Porsche. I went the last time they were featured and they had most of the historic cars from the museum and many 917s and 962s in the field. Good times, check it out